Cyber Security Awareness and Vulnerabilities Blog

*As used previously in GCN.com As governments look for more ways to reduce costs, electronic payments have become an economical method of purchase. Using credit or debit cards reduces the time it takes to receive funds, is less error-prone and makes it easier for…

Zombie accounts, also known as abandoned accounts, are user accounts left with no verifiable owner. This happens most often when someone leaves your company and their access to a certain application is never terminated. In a perfect world, the person that leaves you…

Today, we are excited to announce that SecureAuth and Core Security are merging to become one company. Core Security is a leader in vulnerability discovery, identity governance, and threat management, which is highly complementary to the identity security technology SecureAuth pioneered and continues to…

You can have all the tools in place: firewalls, security programs, routinely updated passwords and security team members. But that still might not be enough. We advocate for increased employee security awareness trainings as well as maintaining the patches and updates required for programs…

A great deal of time and effort can be saved during management reviews and audits by using an Intelligent IAM solution to provide reports, including filtering and drill-down capabilities, trend information, and data visualization tools. These not only give managers a high-level view…

As with most anything in life, you want to set SMART goals. Setting goals that follow this guideline (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) allows you to form hypotheses and set firm parameters around your work and what potential outcomes to expect. This…

Before I start, I need to come clean and tell you that I love enterprise software. Weird? Maybe. However, after working in the industry for many years and for many different companies, enterprise software is the basis for what drives business. Whether it’s…

We're always trying to simplify how you go about pen-testing your organization. Anytime you make something too complicated there becomes unnecessary barriers to completion. Enjoy this free Guide to Penetration Testing to ensure you complete your penetration tests quickly and efficiently.

Boston Children's Hospital needed help. One of the largest pediatric medical centers in the US, Boson Children's Hospital treats 30,000 patients each year. As a teaching hospital, they also received 500 new interns, twice a year and had the challenge of provisioning access rights…

I recently was watching an old episode of “Friends”. During this one particular episode, Ross was trying to move a couch into his upstairs apartment. As they were trying to carry the couch upstairs, they reached a point where they had to turn…